UCSB Struggles at Stanford

After opening the Stanford Invitational with a 6-5 victory over Cal State Bakersfield in 11 innings, UCSB softball dropped its remaining three games against BYU, Santa Clara and Stanford by a combined score of 18-2.

Donation To Aid SB Students

UCSB’s Financial Aid Office has received $750,000 in memory of alumnus Kevin Christensen.

Locals Debate Otter Surge

A recent influx of California sea otters off the coast of Santa Barbara has raised questions about what impact the migrating animals will have on local marine ecosystems.

Board Allots Money to Various UCSB Groups

The Associated Students Finance Board doled out $36,074 to 11 student organizations at last night’s three-and-a-half hour meeting.

SB Prepares Cleanup, Safety at Beach Revelry

Floatopia — Isla Vista’s infamous beer-soaked beach party — is due to take place on April 10 after high tide warnings prompted event planners to push back the date from April 3.

Gauchos Go Dancing, Fall to OSU

For the first time in eight years, the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team made it out of the Big West Tournament and into the big dance. But matched against Big Ten Champion Ohio State, there would be no Cinderella story in the books as the 15-seeded Gauchos were overpowered by the two-seeded Buckeyes in […]

Maybe Studying, Definitely Abroad

I should probably start this entry off by introducing myself. Hi, UCSB, I’m Drea. I’m a third-year history major studying abroad in Lyon, France. I’ve been here since August and let’s just say that it’s been one hell of a vacation.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Even with a majority of students on vacation, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol kept busy through the whole of UCSB’s spring break.

Tumultuous Year Ends With Disappointment

Winner of five in a row, the #5 seeded UCSB women’s basketball team continued its hot streak well into the 2009-10 Big West Tournament with blowout wins over #8 Pacific and #4 Long Beach State, but in the end ran out of gas against #1 UC Davis in a 63-53 semi-final loss at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Igor Cleans Up His Act

As a very successful energy executive, Uncle Dave had built himself a staggeringly large and beautiful house, complete with a wine cellar, a theater and even a dojo in which the fourth-degree black belt practiced Aikido. He had also built separate bathrooms for himself and his wife, and it was in his that I was standing nude.